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LEAD-PENCIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 362,319, dated May 3,1887.

Application filed December 9, 1886. Serial No. 221,131. (No model.)

To 0422 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP SOHRAG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Port Richmond, in the county of Richmond and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lead-Pencils,of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to lead-peucils; and it consists in several novelfeatures which are fully described hereinafter in this specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa central longitudinal section of my improved lead-pencil. Fig. 2 is acentral longitudinal section of the sheath or easing which contains andprotects the lead.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In this invention the lead Aof the pencil is incased in a sheath orcasing, B, of paper or other material, adapted to support and pro tectthe lead against liability of becoming broken in handling or operatingit, which has heretofore been accomplished,and is not,therefore, hereinbroadly claimed.

The point or working end of the lead A protrudes from the sheath B, andas the point of the lead is worn down from use the sheath is cut awayfrom time to time, so as to renew thepoint. The sheath or casing isconveniently formed around the lead by wrapping a sheet of paper orother suitable material around it, and securing the outer edge of thewrapping by pasting it down. The other end of the sheathed lead isinserted into a plug, 0, which is formed of wood, paper, or othersuitable material. The plug is perforated at one end to receive thesheathed lead, as in; dicated by the letter Dfand its other end isprovided with a shoulder, E, and a head, F. The sheathed or incased leadis cemented or otherwise properly secured in the perforation D of theplug.

The lead having been properly incased, as described, and its upper endsecured in the plug, is then ready to be placed in the holder or case G,which consists of a tube of paper or other suitable material that can becut with a knife or other suitable cutting-instrument, when it isdesired to reduce the length of the holder.-

The interior of the holder G is provided with annular guides H, one ormore, through which the lead A B passes and by which it is sustained andguided in the holder. In one end of the holder is fitted a tip, I, whichis provided with a perforation, J, extending through it from end to end,to receive the working end of the incased lead. The outer end of the tipis tapering in form,and its inner end enters the lower end of the holderas far as the shoulder K.

The pencil,when its parts are put together, as shown in Fig. 1, is readyfor use. As its point is worn away a suitable portion of the upper endof the holder G is cut away at the part which sets against the shoulderE of the plug, and the holder thus reduced in length.

is then moved up against the shoulder E, whereby the tip I is drawnupward over the working end of the incased lead A,a fresh portion ofwhich is thereby exposed at the end of the tip. The casing which is thusexposed at the end of the tip, or a sufficient portion of it,is then cutaway with a suitable cutting-instrument, so as to expose the lead foruse.

This improved lead-pencil can be sold put together ready for use, asdescribed, and as shown in Fig. 1. It can also be furnished and sold inparts to be assembled by the purchaser-that is to say, the holderprovided with its tip I and interior guide, H, can be furnishedseparately; and, again, the incased lead AB, having its upper end fittedinto the shouldered plug 0, can be furnished separately.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The sheathed or incased lead A B, provided with a shouldered plug, 0,in combination with a holder, G, substantially as described.

2. The holder G, annular guide H, and tip I, in combination with theincased lead AB and shouldered plug 0, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscrib' ing witnesses.

. PHILIP SGHRAG. [L. s.] Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

